Gyms usually specialize in a certain type of Pokémon, meaning that all members carry a team of Pokémon with one common type. Additionally, most Gyms contain puzzles which a trainer must bypass in order to reach the Gym Leader. This is more a common factor in the Game series rather than the [[Pokémon Anime]] series.

Gyms usually specialize in a certain type of Pokémon, meaning that all members carry a team of Pokémon with one common type. Additionally, most Gyms contain puzzles which a trainer must bypass in order to reach the Gym Leader. This is more a common factor in the Game series rather than the [[Pokémon Anime]] series.

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==Trivia==

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*The majority of Pokémon regions have Rock-type Pokémon for the first gym, as they are easiest to battle because two of the starter Pokémon can deal super-effective damage to Rock-type Pokémon.

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**The only regions not to have the first Gym consist of Rock-type Pokémon is Johto, Unova and Kalos, the reason for Johto was because its Gyms consisted of types that were not used in Kanto.

*The only Pokémon type not to have a Gym specialize in it (for the first five generations) is Dark-Type Pokémon.

*The only Pokémon type not to have a Gym specialize in it (for the first five generations) is Dark-Type Pokémon.

*There could be more than 8 gyms in each region in the anime due to the fact that [[Gary Oak|Gary]] and [[Barry (anime)|other]] [[Trip|chara]][[Otoshi|cters]] have shown their badge cases to [[Ash Ketchum|Ash]], usually having a few different badges than he has. The existence of alternative gyms can also proved by the fact that characters say that there is '''''a '''''gym in a town, not '''''the '''''next gym, even when there is one badge left to earn, where he would say that '''''the''''' next gym was there if there were not, and by the fact that Roxie, the gym leader of Virbank City, acted as the final Unova gym leader for Ash as opposed to Drayden.

*There could be more than 8 gyms in each region in the anime due to the fact that [[Gary Oak|Gary]] and [[Barry (anime)|other]] [[Trip|chara]][[Otoshi|cters]] have shown their badge cases to [[Ash Ketchum|Ash]], usually having a few different badges than he has. The existence of alternative gyms can also proved by the fact that characters say that there is '''''a '''''gym in a town, not '''''the '''''next gym, even when there is one badge left to earn, where he would say that '''''the''''' next gym was there if there were not, and by the fact that Roxie, the gym leader of Virbank City, acted as the final Unova gym leader for Ash as opposed to Drayden.

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Gyms (ジム Gym) are located throughout various regions in the Pokémon Universe, run by its top member, a Gym Leader. Pokémon Gyms serve a couple of different purposes, one is to help in the training of a Trainers Pokémon. These members strengthen their Pokémon inside the Gym with the help of the Gym Leader, and will challenge anyone looking to battle the Gym Leader.

The second purpose is to test the skills of traveling Trainers looking to enter into the regional League. In order to test their skills, a Gym Leader will engage in a Pokémon battle with the Trainer. Should the challenger win, they will receive a badge which shows that they have defeated that Gym Leader.

Gyms usually specialize in a certain type of Pokémon, meaning that all members carry a team of Pokémon with one common type. Additionally, most Gyms contain puzzles which a trainer must bypass in order to reach the Gym Leader. This is more a common factor in the Game series rather than the Pokémon Anime series.

Trivia

The only Pokémon type not to have a Gym specialize in it (for the first five generations) is Dark-Type Pokémon.

There could be more than 8 gyms in each region in the anime due to the fact that Gary and othercharacters have shown their badge cases to Ash, usually having a few different badges than he has. The existence of alternative gyms can also proved by the fact that characters say that there is a gym in a town, not the next gym, even when there is one badge left to earn, where he would say that the next gym was there if there were not, and by the fact that Roxie, the gym leader of Virbank City, acted as the final Unova gym leader for Ash as opposed to Drayden.